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Definition of 'FLIGHT'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) flight
the act, manner, or power of flying.

2.  flight
the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object: the flight of the ball.

3.  flight
a trip by an airplane, glider.

4.  flight
an airplane making a scheduled trip.

5.  flight
a number of beings or things flying or passing through the air together:
a flight of geese.

6.  flight
the basic tactical unit of military air forces, consisting of two or more aircraft.

7.  flight
the act, principles, or technique of flying an airplane.

8.  flight
a journey into or through outer space.

9.  flight
swift movement.

10.  flight
a transcending of the ordinary bounds of the mind:
a flight of fancy.

11.  flight
a series of steps between one floor or landing of a building and the next.

12. (v.i.) flight
(of wild fowls) to fly in coordinated flocks.

13. (n.) flight
an act or instance of fleeing or running away.

Definition of 'FLIGHT'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) flight
a formation of aircraft in flight

2. (noun) flight, flying
an instance of traveling by air
"flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

3. (noun) flight, flight of stairs, flight of steps
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next

4. (noun) escape, flight
the act of escaping physically
"he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

5. (noun) flight
an air force unit smaller than a squadron

6. (noun) flight
passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
"a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"

7. (noun) trajectory, flight
the path followed by an object moving through space

8. (noun) flight
a flock of flying birds

9. (verb) flight
a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
"I took the noon flight to Chicago"

10. (verb) flight
shoot a bird in flight

11. (verb) flight
fly in a flock
"flighting wild geese"

12. (verb) fledge, flight
decorate with feathers
"fledge an arrow"

Definition of 'FLIGHT'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) flight
an airplane trip
a flight from London to Boston; We took the late afternoon flight.

2. flight
an escape from somewhere
the army's flight from defeat

3. flight
take flight
to escape
Villagers took flight from the violence.

Definition of 'FLIGHT'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) FLIGHT
the act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying

2. (noun) FLIGHT
the act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure

3. (noun) FLIGHT
lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly

4. (noun) FLIGHT
a number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows

5. (noun) FLIGHT
a series of steps or stairs from one landing to another

6. (noun) FLIGHT
a kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft

7. (noun) FLIGHT
the husk or glume of oats

Definition of 'FLIGHT'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. FLIGHT
1. In Navy and Marine Corps usage, a specified group of aircraft usually engaged in a common mission. 2. The basic tactical unit in the Air Force, consisting of four or more aircraft in two or more elements. 3. A single aircraft airborne on a nonoperational mission.

Translation of 'FLIGHT'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: act of flying the flight of a bird.
Afrikaans: vlug	Arabic: طَيَران، تَحْليق	Bulgarian: летене
Brazilian: voo	Czech: let	German: der Flug
Danish: flyvning; flugt	Greek: πέταγμα	Spanish: vuelo
Estonian: lend	Farsi: پرواز	Finnish: lento
French: vol	Hebrew: תְּעוּפָה	Hindi: उड़ान
Croatian: let, letenje (ptica)	Hungarian: repülés	Indonesian: penerbangan
Icelandic: flug	Italian: volo	Japanese: 飛ぶこと
Korean: 날기	Lithuanian: skridimas, skrydis	Latvian: lidošana
Malay: terbang	Dutch: vlucht	Norwegian: flyging, flukt
Polish: lot	Persian: پرواز	Pashto: الوتنه
Portuguese: voo	Romanian: zbor	Russian: полёт
Slovak: let	Slovenian: let	Serbian: let
Swedish: flykt	Thai: การบิน	Turkish: uçuş, uçma
Taiwanese: 飛翔	Ukrainian: політ	Urdu: اڑنے کا عمل
Vietnamese: sự bay	Chinese: 飞翔
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